The majority of those minerals used in Apple products are recycled, the company said, 'including 99% recycled tungsten across all products, and we are using 100% recycled cobalt in Apple-designed batteries across the iPhone 16 lineup.' — Reuters
The Democratic Republic of Congo filed lawsuits against Apple Inc in France and Belgium accusing the company of using minerals "pillaged” from the central African nation in its products.
Congo’s lawyers have initiated criminal complaints against the US tech giant’s subsidiaries in the two European countries "over the contamination of Apple’s supply chain” with "blood minerals,” according to a statement on Tuesday from Amsterdam & Partners LLP, a law firm working for Congo’s government.
